Joseph Joubert
Joseph Joubert
Joseph Joubertwas a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées, which was published posthumously...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth7 May 1754
CountryFrance
believe book love-to-read
I love to read, and I don't believe that you have to finish one book before you start another. --Mallory Pike
comparison gives love mind truths
I love to see two truths at the same time. Every comparison gives the mind this advantage.
love heart judging
When we love, it is the heart that judges.
love punishment too-much
The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them always.
love men self-love
We should make ourselves loved, for men are only just towards those whom they love.
fear ideas fear-of-love
Fear loves the idea of danger.
love happiness happy
Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
love kindness women
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
cannot hold itself life soft together
Without duty, life is soft and boneless; it cannot hold itself together
friends-or-friendship profile
When my friends are one-eyed, I look at their profile
book reading worst
The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
country travel life-is
Life is a country that the old have seen, and lived in. Those who have to travel through it can only learn from them.
kindness loving people
Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
fighting battle fists
Fight your battles with words, not fists